The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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... called " Guatuses because they had red hair . It is very common to find the Indian tribes of America called after wild animals , and my own opinion is that the origin of the fable about the red hair was a theory to explain why they were ...
... called " Guatuses because they had red hair . It is very common to find the Indian tribes of America called after wild animals , and my own opinion is that the origin of the fable about the red hair was a theory to explain why they were ...
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... called at this stage chilote , " from the Aztec xilotl ; and the ancient Mexicans in their eighth month , which began on the 16th July , made a great festival , called the feast of Xilonen . The poor Indians now have often reason to ...
... called at this stage chilote , " from the Aztec xilotl ; and the ancient Mexicans in their eighth month , which began on the 16th July , made a great festival , called the feast of Xilonen . The poor Indians now have often reason to ...
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... called " El Salto , " from a fall of the river close by . A man was lounging about , and a woman bruising maize for tortillas . The man told us that the " worked stones , " as he called them , were on the side of the plain we had ...
... called " El Salto , " from a fall of the river close by . A man was lounging about , and a woman bruising maize for tortillas . The man told us that the " worked stones , " as he called them , were on the side of the plain we had ...
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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